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LTC 152-2013 Loss of Parking Spacesm MIAMI BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER No. LTC # ) 52. -x` 013 TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bow Members of the City Com FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City M DATE: April 26, 2013 SUBJECT: LOSS OF PARKING SP► LETTER TO COMMISSION This LTC is in response to Mayor Bower's inquiry regarding the loss of public parking spaces in the past five years and anticipated losses in the future. Listed below are parking space losses from: bike sharing /car sharing programs; FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) Right -of -Way (ROW) improvements projects on state roads; and redevelopment projects. In regards to the City's CIP Department and Public Works Department ROW improvement projects, there were varying levels of informal parking conditions within each neighborhood. These informal parking conditions consisted of swale areas with grass, dirt, gravel or combination thereof. It is important to note that these neighborhood projects provided parking spaces that are now to standard and compliant with the Code. This transition from substandard condition to compliance with current standards resulted in a "perceived" loss of parking spaces. For example, safety zones were established for pedestrian crosswalks and sight lines for oncoming vehicular traffic. Under the previous substandard conditions, vehicles were parking within these safety zones, causing an unsafe condition. In summary, with regard to neighborhood improvement projects, attempting to quantify a "perceived" loss of parking spaces is difficult, time consuming, and in the end, a subjective calculation. The following is a list of projects /initiatives and their respective loss of parking spaces (italics indicate projects that are either underway orscheduled in the future). These are permanent losses with the exception of bike sharing and car sharing as those parking spaces may be recovered, if those programs were to cease. Project Bike Sharing Car Sharing* Access to Garage Access to Parking Lot Alton Roadf5 St to Michigan Collins Avel5 St to Lincoln Rd Harding Avel7e St to Indian Creek Dr 71 St/Bay Dr. - Collins Ave. Enti Parking Spaces Deco Bike 123 Hertz on Demand 32 Deauville Hotel Garage 2 Publix Supermarket 3 FDOT 90 FDOT 70 FDOT 9 FDOT 3 Hotel Renovation Saxony Hotel 7 Hotel Renovation Versailles Hotel 5 Total: Notes:* Up to 900 spaces 344 If you should any further questions and/or inquiries, please contact Saul Frances, Parking Director at 305.573.7004, extension 8483. JLMI D & w/SF f:pi Il IParking5paoeLossApri1262013 .1tc C: Kathie Brooks, Assistant City Manager Jorge Gomez, Assistant City Manager Patricia Walker, Chief Financial Officer Mark Taxis, Assistant City Manager Fernando Vazquez, CIP Director Saul Frances, Parking director Jay Fink, Assistant Public Works Director